https://k4i.com/tags/security/ Recent content in Security on k4i.com Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/russias-military-business-model-in-africa/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/russias-military-business-model-in-africa/ <p>Over the past decade, thousands of Russian security personnel have deployed across Africa under an arrangement that analysts have taken to calling a &ldquo;military-business model&rdquo; — security support exchanged for payment or access to natural resources. What began as a nominally private enterprise has since been folded into the Russian state apparatus, rebranded, and extended to new theaters. The operation is larger, more institutionalized, and more geopolitically consequential than its mercenary origins might suggest.</p>